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Ruben Warne

2×2 · top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021WARN01

Ruben Warne has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2024, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 585th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2021, he has put 246 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.74 in December 2021 to 11.92, a 57% improvement. Ruben has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.39
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2024
246
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.393.79
top 7.9%585 / 8,567
Pyraminx4.477.80
top 10.1%464 / 5,993
3×311.9214.84
top 13.6%1,206 / 11,709
Skewb5.526.12
top 22.1%583 / 3,534
4×456.251:05.76
top 32.2%844 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed32.3138.18
top 51.8%1,212 / 2,659
Square-135.77
top 59.6%584 / 899
5×52:59.27
early days — 2 solves1,113 / 1,356

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

December Series: Kensington 2021: 27.74Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 24.33Victorian Open 2023: 17.66Geelong Winter 2023: 16.65Melbourne Summer 2024: 15.01Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 13.21Melbourne Summer 2025: 11.92VIC State Championship 2025: 14.0511.9227.7419 Dec 202131 May 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

  • Ben Wakelin — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Emmet Hobbs — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Myles Jarman — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.